User:Flabshoe1/sandbox/List of most-viewed YouTube videos in the first 24 hours

This list contains the top online videos that received the most views within 24 hours of release. It also contains a list of the top 20 music videos on YouTube, as well as a list of the top 20 online trailers; the trailer views are generated from different online platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Music videos
Out of the top twenty most-viewed videos, three artists have more than one video listed: BTS has seven entries, Blackpink has five, and Taylor Swift has two.

In September 2019, YouTube changed their policy on video view counts and excluded paid advertising views from future 24-hour statistics.

Controversy
In July 2019, there was some controversy regarding the legitimacy of YouTube's 24 hour records, after Indian hip hop rapper Badshah's song "Paagal" received 75million views in 24 hours, and surpassed the viewership record of "Boy with Luv" by K-pop group BTS and American singer Halsey. YouTube did not congratulate Badshah like it did for previous record holders and later released a statement that Badshah's record label, Sony Music India, had purchased advertisements from Google and YouTube that embedded the video or directed fans to it in some way. It also emerged that this is a common practice in the global music industry, and similar methods had also been used by the record labels of previous record holders such as Ariana Grande, Blackpink and Taylor Swift, thus casting doubt on some of the past 24-hour viewership records on YouTube. On September 13, 2019, YouTube announced that their charts will no longer include paid advertising views. In a statement to Forbes the following day, the platform also confirmed that "Based on our long-time criteria, Badshah did not qualify for our 24 hour debut records list".

Historical most-viewed music videos in the first 24 hours
The following table lists the videos that held the record for YouTube's most-viewed music video in the first 24 hours, from April 2013 to the present.

Timeline of most-viewed music videos in the first 24 hours (Jan 2013 – May 2021)

Other videos
Music videos and film trailers are excluded here.